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High Temperature Thermal Insulation System for Millimeter Wave Sintering of B4C

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Boron carbide (B4C) is one of advanced materials and is being used in a wide rage of applications. The unique feature of this material is its large neutron-absorbing cross-section. Some of its most prominent applications are controlling rods in nuclear reactors and radiation protection. 24 GHz microwave processing for B4C ceramics were performed under flowing argon gas using the sintering system. Sintering at the high temperature (up to 2200°C) was achieved using thermal insulation system consists of fiber-board, boron nitride powder, and boron nitride case. The sintered samples were achieved 90 % of theoretical.

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  1. Research Center for Development of Far-Infrared Region, University of Fukui, Bunkyo 3-9-1, Fukui, 910-8507, Japan

    H. Hoshizuki, S. Mitsudo, T. Saji, K. Matsuura & T. Idehara

  2. Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Science, 46 Ulyanov Street, 603950, Nizhiny Novgorod, Russia

    M. Glyavin & A. Eremeev

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Fukui, Bunkyou 3-9-1, Fukui, 910-8507, Japan

    T. Honda & Y. Iwai

  4. Tsuruga Head Office, Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute, 1 Shiraki, Turuga-shi, Fukui, 919-1279, Japan

    H. Nishi, A. Kitano & J. Ishibashi

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Hoshizuki, H., Mitsudo, S., Saji, T. et al. High Temperature Thermal Insulation System for Millimeter Wave Sintering of B4C. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 26, 1531–1541 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-005-0030-z

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